NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.—Audience members applauded the Shen Yun Performing Arts performance that held them captivated for a one night only showcase at New Jersey’s State Theatre on June 21.
Many were captured by the lavish portrayal of China’s 5,000-year-old traditions played out in dance and music by world-class artists who recently returned home from a 2009 World Tour.
Professor Sajadian who specializes in political science, philosophy, sociology, and religion, was impressed that some numbers in the performance exposed the human rights abuses in China by the communist regime.
“It was wonderful because they showed the brutality of the totalitarian regime of China. The human rights abuses over there is a shame,” he said.
When asked what he would tell others about the show, Mr. Sajadian said he would suggest they see it.
“These people make you happy, but also bring tears to your eyes by showing the misery of others,” the professor said.
He spoke of the Tibetans who want to be separate and independent of China and of China’s own citizens who are poorly paid, without unions or health care working in the worst conditions.
“They call us imperialists or capitalists, but they are the most brutal, sophisticated machine of Maoists and leftists. It is inhuman, very inhuman.
“There is no democracy, there is no freedom. It is a total dictatorship. Those people in charge of China right now, they are tyrants.”
A short dance drama in the show “showed the brutality of the Chinese regime. They have no mercy, they have no respect for human values.”
